Performance

Venue	Arcola
	Other spaces: Arcola Tent (2 Ashwin Street)
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	25th November 2015
Opened	27th November 2015
To	19th December 2015
When	Mon-Sat 20:00. Sat at 15:30
What is currently on at Arcola (V1422226940)

Howard Barker Double Bill

T0767097428
Love, truth, sex and war collide in this exhilarating double bill by Howard Barker, "England's greatest living dramatist" (The Times). First, the London premiere of Barker's dark comedy The Twelfth Battle of Isonzo. Isonzo is blind, witty and 100 years old; Tenna is blind, beautiful and just 17. On the day of their wedding a battle of wits commences in which bride and groom discover the other is far more of a match than they had bargained for... Power-play abounds in this fearlessly imaginative one-act drama. Then, a timely revival of Barker's war masterpiece, Judith: A Parting From The Body. On the night before battle, Judith enters the enemy camp to kill the Assyrian general, Holofernes. Her land is at stake - but what of her heart and mind? Barker's radical reimagining of this apocryphal story lays bare the complex sacrifices of human beings at war.

Author

Howard Barker

Archive :: production:T0767097428, play:S636033591, venue:V1422226940

The Twelfth Battle of Isonzo/Judith: A Parting From the Body

Studio 2

Special Performances

12 Dec 15 Audio Described

Reviews

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Company

Producer	Rosalyn Newbery
Presented by	REND Productions
Director	Robyn Winfield-Smith
Design	Rosanna Vize
Musical Director	Gregory Batsleer
Lighting	Christopher Nairne
Musical Director	Gregory Batsleer
Design	Rosanna Vize
Sound	Iain Armstrong
Director	Lawrence Carmichael (movement director)
Performer	Nicholas Le Prevost (The Twelfth Battle of Isonzo - Isonzo voice)
Performer	Emily Loomes (The Twelfth Battle of Isonzo - Tenna)
Performer	Lia Smith (The Twelfth Battle of Isonzo - - stage directions read by)
Performer	Catherine Cusack (Judith: A Parting from the Body - Judith)
Performer	Liam Smith (Judith: A Parting from the Body - Holofernes)
Performer	Kristin Hutchinson (Judith: A Parting from the Body - The Servant)

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